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Ṛk 1.19.1

Agni, Maruts · Medhātithi Kāṇva

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Saṃhitā

प्रति॒ त्यं चारु॑मध्व॒रं गो॑पी॒थाय॒ प्र हू॑यसे ।
म॒रुद्भि॑रग्न॒ आ ग॑हि ॥

प्रति त्यं चारुम् अध्वरं गोपीथाय प्र हूयसे |
मरुद्भिर् अग्न आ गहि ||

práti tyám cā́rumadhvarám gopīthā́ya prá hūyase ǀ
marúdbhiragna ā́ gahi ǁ

prati tyaṃ cārum adhvaraṃ gopīthāya pra hūyase |
marudbhir agna ā gahi ||

Padapāṭha

प्रति॑ । त्यम् । चारु॑म् । अ॒ध्व॒रम् । गो॒ऽपी॒थाय॑ । प्र । हू॒य॒से॒ ।
म॒रुत्ऽभिः॑ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । आ । ग॒हि॒ ॥

प्रति । त्यम् । चारुम् । अध्वरम् । गोऽपीथाय । प्र । हूयसे ।
मरुत्ऽभिः । अग्ने । आ । गहि ॥

práti ǀ tyám ǀ cā́rum ǀ adhvarám ǀ go-pīthā́ya ǀ prá ǀ hūyase ǀ
marút-bhiḥ ǀ agne ǀ ā́ ǀ gahi ǁ

prati ǀ tyam ǀ cārum ǀ adhvaram ǀ go-pīthāya ǀ pra ǀ hūyase ǀ
marut-bhiḥ ǀ agne ǀ ā ǀ gahi ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.019.01
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.1.36.01
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.05.010
Devatā देवता
Agni, Maruts
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Medhātithi Kāṇva
Chandas छन्दस्
Gāyatrī
Svara स्वरः
षड्जः

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Ṛgveda 1.19.1

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Introduction

In the fifth Section, the second Hymn beginning with prati tyam, addressed to Agni and Maruts, has nine Riks. The Rishi and metre are as before.

Translation

Tr. Agni, thou art ardently called to the desirable sacrifice to drink the Soma-juice ; come with the Maruts.

Commentary

agne O Agni; tyam that which is being performed by me; cārum desirable, bereft of mal-formation; adhvaram prati towards the sacrifice; gopithāya gauḥ is the juice of Soma, for its drink; prahūyase thou art called ardently; hence marudbhih along with the Maruts; āgahi come.

The word tya has the same meaning as the pronoun tat.

As the external sacrifice, in the inner sacrifice too, the mutual relation among the parts must be harmonious. Thereby the sacrifice becomes beautiful. By the term go, the product of the cow, milk is meant. The ancients have explained gauh as Soma-juice because all oblation compares with the enjoyable denoted by the word anna and Soma is well-known as the chief of the enjoyables. Something has been said of the Màruts before. More will be said later in the due place. The Maruts are special deities, with impulsions common to the gusts of wind, fast in speed, belonging to the life-plane, who give a divine motion to the activities of intelligence illumined by the light and strength of Indra. That is why—suffice it to say-Agni is prayed to come with them for taking the milky yield denoting the light of the mind.